| If you are looking for free standing drinking water | | | | can cause serious illness and even death, in people |
| stations or coolers, you have to remember that these | | | | with poorly functioning immune systems. |
| products do not provide purification or filtering. So, if | | | | Those who have AIDS or are going through cancer |
| you are in an area with contaminated drinking water, | | | | treatments have the highest risk. But, any illness that |
| which most of us are, you need another option. | | | | weakens the immune system can be complicated by |
| If you have already had plumbing installed, consider a | | | | an infection of this type. Infants and small children are |
| filtration system for one of your faucets, of course | | | | also at risk, because their immune systems are not |
| they won't handle bacterial contamination that happens | | | | fully developed. |
| after flooding, but they will remove lead, chemical | | | | So, if you operate a daycare facility or care for the |
| contaminants, cysts, chlorine and chlorine by products. | | | | sick or elderly, you should be sure that your drinking |
| That is, if you buy the right system, of course. | | | | water stations provide safe and adequately filtered |
| If you don't have plumbing or are in a temporary trailer, | | | | water. Even washing hands, foods and brushing teeth |
| then there are some drinking water stations that have | | | | can be a problem with contaminated drinking water. |
| been designed for your situation. Just make sure that | | | | If you are new to the area, find out what issues your |
| the quality they provide is good. Remember to ask the | | | | community faces. Contaminants vary from city to city. |
| manufacturer what purification method that they use. | | | | For example, in DC and Baltimore Lead contaminated |
| Due to contaminated drinking water, many people | | | | drinking water is a big problem. In order to remove lead |
| have taken to buying the large bottles from companies | | | | ions, you either need reverse osmosis, ion exchange or |
| like Deer Park and setting them up in their home or | | | | distillation. |
| office. Again, you should ask the manufacture which | | | | Sometimes a number of factors contribute to |
| purification method was used. | | | | contaminated drinking water, so a number of stages |
| For safety, the Environmental Protection Agency | | | | must be used to remove the most contaminants. You |
| recommends sub-micron filtration to remove parasitic | | | | may need carbon granules to remove chlorine and |
| cysts. Some manufacturers of drinking water stations | | | | chemicals, ion exchange to remove lead and |
| use either reverse osmosis or another type of | | | | sub-micron filtration to remove cysts. You can get all |
| sub-micron particle filtration to remove cysts. | | | | of those things in one purification device. Just be sure |
| For most people, an infection would not cause too | | | | to check for certified product performance data, |
| much down time, but for others it could be a real | | | | before you buy. |
| problem. Ingesting cyst contaminated drinking water | | | | |